Patents by Inventor Naohiro SAWATA

Naohiro SAWATA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230086734
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: associate each of manufacturing processes of one of products with one of job elements each representing a detail of a job; and display the job elements in a schedule setting area of a screen, and in response to selection of one of the job elements, display displayed job elements that are included in the job elements and that represent respective jobs for manufacturing processes of an associated product that is one of the products and is a product of the manufacturing process associated with the selected job element, the displayed job elements being displayed in the schedule setting area in a form differentiated from a form for a job element associated with a manufacturing process of a different product that is included in the products and is different from the associated product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Yuka SUGIYAMA, Naoto YAMASAKI, Naohiro SAWATA
  • Publication number: 20230083806
    Abstract: A workflow processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate, based on a first partial workflow in a workflow in execution, a second partial workflow in which processing executed in the first partial workflow is executed separately from the first partial workflow, the first partial workflow being a part of the workflow within a range designated by a user, and manage processing in a subsequent stage of the first partial workflow and processing in a subsequent stage of the second partial workflow, in one partial workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Naohiro SAWATA
  • Patent number: 11599311
    Abstract: A printing management apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a printing schedule based on a printing group, which is acquired by performing grouping on components that constitute a product for each attribute and in which is possible to change a printing order of the components in the group on which the grouping is performed, in a case where the product is manufactured using a printing apparatus and a post processing apparatus, and generate a post processing schedule based on a post processing group which is acquired by performing grouping on the product constituted by the components included in the printing group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Naohiro Sawata, Masanori Wada
  • Publication number: 20220035588
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a processor configured to: specify plural parts for manufacturing ordered product; specify plural processes required from receiving order of product to completion of product using plural parts; for intermediate part generated by processing at least two plural parts, generate intermediate object indicating intermediate part; for each plural parts, generate work objects indicating processes required for manufacturing part; create workflow information that arranges and displays, for each plural parts, work objects indicating processes required for manufacturing part in order of plural processes, and relates and displays, for each plural parts, work objects indicating processes executed continuously, in workflow information, intermediate object indicating intermediate part is associated with work objects for at least two parts used to generate intermediate part; and when processing for intermediate part cannot be started in created workflow information, perform control o
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Naohiro SAWATA
  • Publication number: 20220035589
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a processor configured to: specify plural parts for manufacturing an ordered product; specify plural processes required from receiving an order of the product to completion of the product; for an intermediate part generated by processing at least two of the plural parts, generate an object indicating the intermediate part; for each of the plural parts, generate work objects indicating processes required for manufacturing the part, for a part to be manufactured by offset printing among the plural parts, generate work objects that treat printing plate parts corresponding to the number of plates obtained as a result of prepress as parts; and create workflow information that arranges and displays, the work objects indicating the processes required for manufacturing the part in an order of the plural processes, and relates and displays, for each of the plural parts, work objects indicating processes executed continuously, wherein in the workflow information, the intermedi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Naohiro SAWATA
  • Publication number: 20220035350
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a processor configured to: specify plural parts for manufacturing an ordered product; specify plural processes required from receiving an order of the product to completion of the product using plural parts; for an intermediate part generated by processing at least two of the plural parts, generate an intermediate object indicating intermediate part; for each of the plural parts, generate work objects indicating processes required for manufacturing the part; and create workflow information that arranges and displays, for each of the plural parts, the work objects indicating processes required for manufacturing the part in an order of the plural processes, and relates and displays, for each of the plural parts, work objects indicating processes executed continuously, in which in the workflow information, the intermediate object indicating intermediate part is associated with the work objects for the at least two parts used to generate the intermediate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventor: Naohiro SAWATA
  • Publication number: 20210019097
    Abstract: A printing management apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a printing schedule based on a printing group, which is acquired by performing grouping on components that constitute a product for each attribute and in which is possible to change a printing order of the components in the group on which the grouping is performed, in a case where the product is manufactured using a printing apparatus and a post processing apparatus, and generate a post processing schedule based on a post processing group which is acquired by performing grouping on the product constituted by the components included in the printing group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro SAWATA, Masanori WADA
  • Patent number: 10884679
    Abstract: A display generation apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives instruction information including information for providing an instruction to perform first processing that is performed by a first processing entity which notifies the display generation apparatus of progress in processing over a communication line, and information for providing an instruction to perform second processing that is performed by a second processing entity which does not notify the display generation apparatus of the progress in the processing over the communication line; and a generation unit that generates first progress information indicating progress of the first processing and second progress information indicating progress of the second processing based on the instruction information, in such a manner that the second progress information is displayed on a same screen on which the first progress information is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Wada, Naohiro Sawata
  • Patent number: 10884687
    Abstract: A print management system includes: a receiving unit that receives plural pieces of input data each of which includes component data and due date information; and a generating unit that, in a case where at least one piece of input data indicates that an extra part would be delivered independently from the plural input data, generates a grouped print job so that the grouped print job does not include extra data corresponding to an extra part whose delivery due date is later than shortest due date information among the due date information included in the plural pieces of input data that are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Sawata, Masanori Wada
  • Publication number: 20200257475
    Abstract: A display generation apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives instruction information including information for providing an instruction to perform first processing that is performed by a first processing entity which notifies the display generation apparatus of progress in processing over a communication line, and information for providing an instruction to perform second processing that is performed by a second processing entity which does not notify the display generation apparatus of the progress in the processing over the communication line; and a generation unit that generates first progress information indicating progress of the first processing and second progress information indicating progress of the second processing, based on the instruction information, in such a manner that the second progress information is displayed on a same screen on which the first progress information is displayed,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Masanori Wada, Naohiro Sawata
  • Publication number: 20200241818
    Abstract: A print management system includes: a receiving unit that receives plural pieces of input data each of which includes component data and due date information; and a generating unit that, in a case where at least one piece of input data indicates that an extra part would be delivered independently from the plural input data, generates a grouped print job so that the grouped print job does not include extra data corresponding to an extra part whose delivery due date is later than shortest due date information among the due date information included in the plural pieces of input data that are received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Naohiro Sawata, Masanori Wada
  • Patent number: 10082987
    Abstract: A print management apparatus includes a memory that stores settings information of a print job, and printer information, a display controller that controls a display to simultaneously display a print job list representing a list of print jobs, and a printer list representing a list of printers, and a receiving unit that receives an input to the print job list displayed on the display. The display controller changes, in response to reception by the receiving unit of an input to select a print job displayed in the print job list, the display order of printers in the printer list by use of the settings information of the selected print job and the printer information. The receiving unit receives, from a screen displayed on the display and in which the changing of the display order is reflected, an input to select a destination printer to which to transmit a print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Sawata, Bing Yan
  • Publication number: 20180113655
    Abstract: A print management apparatus includes a memory that stores settings information of a print job, and printer information, a display controller that controls a display to simultaneously display a print job list representing a list of print jobs, and a printer list representing a list of printers, and a receiving unit that receives an input to the print job list displayed on the display. The display controller changes, in response to reception by the receiving unit of an input to select a print job displayed in the print job list, the display order of printers in the printer list by use of the settings information of the selected print job and the printer information. The receiving unit receives, from a screen displayed on the display and in which the changing of the display order is reflected, an input to select a destination printer to which to transmit a print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro SAWATA, Bing YAN